Training Log Archive: dbakkerIn the 28 days ending Dec 17, 2017:
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Saturday Dec 16, 2017 #
Armchair-O 5:00 [0]
Nailed it today.
10 AM
Skiing - Classic 1:44:46 17.75 km (5:54 / km) +341m 5:23 / km
ahr:101 max:162
Easy classic ski at Larch Hills. Went up Metford, around Ermine Loop, Reino's to South Hub. Up the Road to Cec's, Larch Lake Loop, back down the road adding in Frodo's bog. Whoopee loops, Panorama haven't been groomed yet.
Conditions were pretty good, all Ginzu grooming so far, but supposed to snow a lot tomorrow so I expect we'll get the big machine out later in the week. Chalet expansion looks excellent as well, and new sprint trails seem a little less in your face this year.
Conditions were pretty good, all Ginzu grooming so far, but supposed to snow a lot tomorrow so I expect we'll get the big machine out later in the week. Chalet expansion looks excellent as well, and new sprint trails seem a little less in your face this year.
Friday Dec 15, 2017 #
Note
Started the map file for U of Toronto Mississauga Campus today. Contour data isn't as good as I was hoping unfortunately - the data processing done on their end was pretty crummy (contours stopping and starting again). Bit annoying, will have to connect them together and fake missing sections a bit. Got georeferenced imagery - about 2 years old in, will supplement with cross checking with 2017 google imagery in the browser (have yet to figure out how to export this from google in a georeferenced format). Tracing starts tomorrow.
Just got home to Salmon Arm from Kelowna, skiing and training starting back up now - exams are done.
Just got home to Salmon Arm from Kelowna, skiing and training starting back up now - exams are done.
Armchair-O 5:00 [0]
Thursday Dec 14, 2017 #
Armchair-O 5:00 [0]
Wednesday Dec 13, 2017 #
Note
I find the situation regarding doping and cross country skiing very sad and disappointing. I'm finding it very hard to cheer for Ustiugov and Bolshunov considering what the evidence suggests their team-mates have done, but at the same time they could be completely clean and Klaebo isn't. Who knows? But at any rate, I have very little faith in cross country skiing at the moment. Guess I'm just going to have to keep on watching Biathlon (not that it's any better, but there is more of a mental component).
Tuesday Dec 12, 2017 #
Armchair-O 20:00 [0]
World of O Days 12 and 13.
And then a random map from Norway: http://langtur.net/show_map.php?user=Paul&map=...
And then a random map from Norway: http://langtur.net/show_map.php?user=Paul&map=...
Strength 45:00 [1]
Monday Dec 11, 2017 #
Running 1:15:00 [1] 11.0 km (6:49 / km)
For some reason my garmin didn't want to sync to connect today, so couldn't get the track into attackpoint.
Sunday Dec 10, 2017 #
Armchair-O 10:00 [0]
Saturday Dec 9, 2017 #
Armchair-O 5:00 [0]
Friday Dec 8, 2017 #
Note
3 down, 2 to go. Tomorrow ain't gonna be pretty.
Armchair-O 5:00 [0]
Thursday Dec 7, 2017 #
Armchair-O 12:00 [0]
Not convinced that path or crag was to spec today ... but I got it wrong.
Day 7 of WofO - I did the same thing - out to the road... just didn't screw up the middle of the leg this time sitting at my desk.
Day 8 of WofO - saw this leg earlier in the year too ... still sticking with the going back through the start and left on the road option.
2 of 5 Exams done, with another one tomorrow (Organic Chem - I've studied decently well for it - should be ok), and then another Saturday (MicroBi - I'm just going to cry myself to sleep now - I'm going to get butchered). Last exam is Thursday of next week (Cell Bio - should be fine - lots of time to study).
Day 7 of WofO - I did the same thing - out to the road... just didn't screw up the middle of the leg this time sitting at my desk.
Day 8 of WofO - saw this leg earlier in the year too ... still sticking with the going back through the start and left on the road option.
2 of 5 Exams done, with another one tomorrow (Organic Chem - I've studied decently well for it - should be ok), and then another Saturday (MicroBi - I'm just going to cry myself to sleep now - I'm going to get butchered). Last exam is Thursday of next week (Cell Bio - should be fine - lots of time to study).
Streching/Rolling 10:00 [0]
Armchair-O 5:00 [0]
12 PM
Running 1:10:19 [1] 10.66 km (6:36 / km) +308m 5:46 / km
Running to break up the studying with Rachel and David. Out Quail Ridge trail, back through the upper subdivision road.
Wednesday Dec 6, 2017 #
Armchair-O 10:00 [0]
When you take a break from studying organic chemistry to look at course of the day:
Got the route right today, but got my path or crag wrong.
Got the route right today, but got my path or crag wrong.
Tuesday Dec 5, 2017 #
Armchair-O 5:00 [0]
Path or Crag - Correct!
World of O, well... I have analyzed this leg before. Went right to the trail. I think the routes that he picked out were no good at all, the left option around all the green was second best pick next to the run to the trail choice.
World of O, well... I have analyzed this leg before. Went right to the trail. I think the routes that he picked out were no good at all, the left option around all the green was second best pick next to the run to the trail choice.
Note
Went to my grandfather's funeral in Vernon this morning, then back to the apartment for a couple hours to settle down emotionally - then off to write my Calculus exam at 6:00 in the evening. Not a great day, but went fairly well all things considered.
On another note, we just got confirmation that Sage is hosting BC orienteering champs in Revelstoke in 2018!!!!! I was working on the maps starting last year, and will be finishing them up this year.
https://sage.whyjustrun.ca/events/view/3213
Here is a link to the event page, make sure you save the date - this terrain is excellent! A few map samples there, and one photo from the terrain. I couldn't find any that I'd taken of downtown Revelstoke (aside, Bart, if you read my log please send me a good picture if you have a chance!) The forest map has section reminiscent of Black Magic in Whistler, other parts of far more rolling hills with cliffs.
Most interior BC forest that are this wet (Kamloops and Okanagan are dry and therefore white) are fairly green (like around Salmon Arm), but MacPherson has a couple of things going for its "whiteness".
1. Around 100 years ago, massive forest fire swept through - destroyed pretty much everything (a few ancient charred stumps still left, but not many), so no fallen logs on most of the map, and most of the trees are fairly old growth. This means shading of forest floor and limited undergrowth
2. Limited logging - we lost a few mappable sections on the upper parts of the hill, but not too bad at all - mostly the steep hillside sections.
3. A couple areas of demonstration forest, where the government has sent crews in and systematically removed all potential forest fire fuel - so no logs on the ground, no low branches, no anything - just pristine white.
On another note, we just got confirmation that Sage is hosting BC orienteering champs in Revelstoke in 2018!!!!! I was working on the maps starting last year, and will be finishing them up this year.
https://sage.whyjustrun.ca/events/view/3213
Here is a link to the event page, make sure you save the date - this terrain is excellent! A few map samples there, and one photo from the terrain. I couldn't find any that I'd taken of downtown Revelstoke (aside, Bart, if you read my log please send me a good picture if you have a chance!) The forest map has section reminiscent of Black Magic in Whistler, other parts of far more rolling hills with cliffs.
Most interior BC forest that are this wet (Kamloops and Okanagan are dry and therefore white) are fairly green (like around Salmon Arm), but MacPherson has a couple of things going for its "whiteness".
1. Around 100 years ago, massive forest fire swept through - destroyed pretty much everything (a few ancient charred stumps still left, but not many), so no fallen logs on most of the map, and most of the trees are fairly old growth. This means shading of forest floor and limited undergrowth
2. Limited logging - we lost a few mappable sections on the upper parts of the hill, but not too bad at all - mostly the steep hillside sections.
3. A couple areas of demonstration forest, where the government has sent crews in and systematically removed all potential forest fire fuel - so no logs on the ground, no low branches, no anything - just pristine white.
Monday Dec 4, 2017 #
Armchair-O 10:00 [0]
Got the path or Crag wrong today, but pretty much got the World of O route to Christmas right. I have to be careful to do these before I read other people's logs - they have a habit of spoiling the routechoices.
Streching/Rolling 30:00 [0]
Study Break
Sunday Dec 3, 2017 #
Armchair-O 10:00 [0]
Path or Crag - 3 for 3
Route to Christmas - 0 for 3
If this applies to school as well, I guess I better hope for true or false questions on finals instead of long answer.
Route to Christmas - 0 for 3
If this applies to school as well, I guess I better hope for true or false questions on finals instead of long answer.
10 AM
Running 45:30 7.61 km (5:59 / km) +59m 5:46 / km
ahr:143 max:157
Part 1 - Run to church. Was going to be late, so pushed it a little bit.
Running 1:02:22 [1] 9.59 km (6:30 / km) +198m 5:54 / km
ahr:58 max:102
Run home from church on a slightly more windy route - when through a couple of places in Rutland that I've never been before - and checked out a possible mapping location. Looks pretty good, but need to get the maps for OART done first (and a bunch in Toronto too) so this might bet pushed back for a full year.
Legs were pretty done by the end... walked up a couple of the last hills. needing lunch.
Heart rate monitor refused to work for some reason, so I dunno what's up with that.
Legs were pretty done by the end... walked up a couple of the last hills. needing lunch.
Heart rate monitor refused to work for some reason, so I dunno what's up with that.
Friday Dec 1, 2017 #
Armchair-O 10:00 [0]
World of O Route to Christmas Day 1 - Wrong route...
Path or Crag 25 Days of Christmas Day 1 - Nailed It! (but was too late to answer in the comments, so... no T-shirt for me)
And a few maps from Gswede's log.
I miss TGIF's log. It was so cool watching his training, seeing maps from everywhere.
Path or Crag 25 Days of Christmas Day 1 - Nailed It! (but was too late to answer in the comments, so... no T-shirt for me)
And a few maps from Gswede's log.
I miss TGIF's log. It was so cool watching his training, seeing maps from everywhere.
3 PM
Running 1:53:36 17.1 km (6:39 / km) +259m 6:10 / km
ahr:135 max:176
4x5 minute zone 3 intervals with Rachel around the upper bit of quail flume trail. Fairly flat, and it was a loop, so sometimes hard to keep the heart-rate up on the downhill section.
11 PM
Streching/Rolling 15:00 [0]
Thursday Nov 30, 2017 #
8 PM
Running 1:02:57 10.63 km (5:55 / km) +286m 5:13 / km
ahr:138 max:165
Easy run trying to clear my thoughts - didn't work all that well. Papers are all done, time to start studying for finals.
Wednesday Nov 29, 2017 #
Note
(rest day)
And whaddya know, Geography paper done at 11:20pm. Plently of time to spare, it is due at 10:30am tomorrow. Could have procrastinated for longer!
Will get back to proper training for the next couple of days tomorrow - but late next week I have 4 exams across 5 days so that will be a little nightmareish.
Will get back to proper training for the next couple of days tomorrow - but late next week I have 4 exams across 5 days so that will be a little nightmareish.
Tuesday Nov 28, 2017 #
Note
(rest day)
Didn't get out today, busy alternating between pounding out a geography paper and procrastinating it.
Monday Nov 27, 2017 #
Note
One glance at the weekly map and I have a pretty good idea of what is going on, but time will tell. Last week's map seemed rather easy, I had it without any of the clues as well and no research (although I am taking Microbiology right now, so that might have had something to do with it...)
Geography paper is ticking along, starting from scratch, I blasted out just under 3 of 10 pages in about 3 hours this evening, and have 5 of at least 10 sources used, and another 3 or 4 found for some later paragraphs.
Geography paper is ticking along, starting from scratch, I blasted out just under 3 of 10 pages in about 3 hours this evening, and have 5 of at least 10 sources used, and another 3 or 4 found for some later paragraphs.
3 PM
Running 41:41 5.86 km (7:07 / km) +238m 5:55 / km
ahr:130 max:157
Easy recovery run around Academy Hill and a bit of the rail trail.
Geography paper isn't going well... need to buckle down now - only 2 days and this evening to go.
Geography paper isn't going well... need to buckle down now - only 2 days and this evening to go.
Sunday Nov 26, 2017 #
11 AM
Running long 1:49:58 14.68 km (7:29 / km) +489m 6:25 / km
ahr:131 max:165
Long and slow run with Rachel and David out to the north beyond Quail Ridge. Absolutely beautiful ponderosa pine forest with a little bit of fir in a few places. We jumped a few fences and bushed wacked (which had almost no bushes the forest was so nice) up to the top of the ridge, did a bit of a loop around some of the peaks on top of the ridge, and then ran back down through the forest. Unfortunately this area is on private land, otherwise would love to make a map of it - even though it is very steep.
Legs were doing well throughout almost all of it, but were hurting a fair bit coming up Academy at the end. Should probably be doing some more stretching and rolling tonight, getting a little behind on that.
And back to the second last grind of the semester... finishing off papers for the final week. I'm almost done by Bio Formal lab - just proofreading and a bit of editing left, but have my entire 8 page Geography assignment to go for Thursday. Gonna be a good week.
Legs were doing well throughout almost all of it, but were hurting a fair bit coming up Academy at the end. Should probably be doing some more stretching and rolling tonight, getting a little behind on that.
And back to the second last grind of the semester... finishing off papers for the final week. I'm almost done by Bio Formal lab - just proofreading and a bit of editing left, but have my entire 8 page Geography assignment to go for Thursday. Gonna be a good week.
11 PM
Streching/Rolling 10:00 [0]
Saturday Nov 25, 2017 #
2 AM
Mapping 1:41:53 3.45 km (29:32 / km) +146m 24:23 / km
A little bit of mapping this morning on Academy Hill, slowly chipping away, but still lots to do on this map. We'll see when the snow comes back, weather is looking good for more mapping this fall, but the next two weeks probably won't have much time for it.
5 PM
Running 25:00 [2] 5.06 km (4:57 / km) +28m 4:49 / km
Run down the hill to church in Rutland.
Running 28:55 [1] 4.96 km (5:50 / km) +128m 5:10 / km
Running back home up the hill.
Friday Nov 24, 2017 #
Note
(rest day)
Legs feeling pretty tired out, so figured I'd take the rest day today, so I can do more on the weekend. Besides, have a lot of papers to finish up for halfway through next week that haven't really been started yet...
Did a bit more drafting of the Kelowna Cultural District Map today. Slowly chipping away at it.
Did a bit more drafting of the Kelowna Cultural District Map today. Slowly chipping away at it.
Thursday Nov 23, 2017 #
3 PM
Running 1:31:11 15.25 km (5:59 / km) +360m 5:21 / km
ahr:144 max:165
Got out of my bio lab early by about 1 hour today, so got to run in the daylight! A nice change!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb3OR65nHEu/?taken-by=...
Ran out to Mt. Baldy (or is it Boucherie? I never can remember), walked up, down through a chunk of the trail network I'd never been on (I've covered almost everything on that hill now), then over on the roads to Glenmore, through some linear parks next to a creek (this was nicer than I thought it was going to be), then back onto the roads and back up through the agricultural land and down the other side, before climbing up and home to the top of Academy Hill.
Legs felt good for the first 12km or so (coicidentally this is how long most of my runs are), but the last 3km or so hurt a fair bit. Need to get this slightly longer run in at least once a week.
While living on the top of a hill provides a great view, it has the unfortunate side effect of making the last bit of your run easier impossible to accomplish.
Finally getting in a consistent training week. This needs to happen more often.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb3OR65nHEu/?taken-by=...
Ran out to Mt. Baldy (or is it Boucherie? I never can remember), walked up, down through a chunk of the trail network I'd never been on (I've covered almost everything on that hill now), then over on the roads to Glenmore, through some linear parks next to a creek (this was nicer than I thought it was going to be), then back onto the roads and back up through the agricultural land and down the other side, before climbing up and home to the top of Academy Hill.
Legs felt good for the first 12km or so (coicidentally this is how long most of my runs are), but the last 3km or so hurt a fair bit. Need to get this slightly longer run in at least once a week.
While living on the top of a hill provides a great view, it has the unfortunate side effect of making the last bit of your run easier impossible to accomplish.
Finally getting in a consistent training week. This needs to happen more often.
8 PM
Armchair-O 25:00 [0]
Did some armchair-o to procrasinate my homework.
My response to this terrain... uh what?
http://omaps.obelarus.net/show_map.php?user=hannar...
So I googled it, and it looks like this, talk about cool:
https://www.google.com/search?q=cretto+di+burri&am...
Some good mental gymnastics training wise on this next map, but also a good chance to play "what's not to standard" :)
http://news.worldofo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/1...
And finished off in a rather special looking forest. Glad I didn't map this.
http://www.go78.org/doma/show_map.php?user=Maxime....
My response to this terrain... uh what?
http://omaps.obelarus.net/show_map.php?user=hannar...
So I googled it, and it looks like this, talk about cool:
https://www.google.com/search?q=cretto+di+burri&am...
Some good mental gymnastics training wise on this next map, but also a good chance to play "what's not to standard" :)
http://news.worldofo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/1...
And finished off in a rather special looking forest. Glad I didn't map this.
http://www.go78.org/doma/show_map.php?user=Maxime....
11 PM
Streching/Rolling 10:00 [0]
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017 #
Strength 40:00 [1]
Finished my last Chem lab of the semester this afternoon, now I need to finish the write up.
Doing some more home strength. Back to the running routine tomorrow once I finish my bio lab.
Doing some more home strength. Back to the running routine tomorrow once I finish my bio lab.
Tuesday Nov 21, 2017 #
7 PM
Running 53:10 8.47 km (6:17 / km) +386m 5:07 / km
ahr:140 max:168
So I threw some age, weight, etc. data into an online generator and it threw out some heart rate zones, but it doesn't quite seem right. Zones today are from the auto-import of heart rate data based on these online zones. I only briefly felt like I got into zone 3 on some of the longer climbs, but definitely not for the 19 minutes and 44 seconds that this says. Looking for suggestions on how to get zones set up properly, or if I have to go get a bunch of testing done for that. I know for a fact that the HRM wasn't reading properly for about the first 7 minutes, so adjusted that section that was zone 0 into zone 1.
Running around Academy Hill. Started late enough in the day after tracking the radar all afternoon and managed to avoid the rain. Everything was wet and really muddy though. Felt pretty slow, legs are tired for no good reason.
Running around Academy Hill. Started late enough in the day after tracking the radar all afternoon and managed to avoid the rain. Everything was wet and really muddy though. Felt pretty slow, legs are tired for no good reason.
9 PM
Streching/Rolling 30:00 [0]
Monday Nov 20, 2017 #
3 PM
Running 1:05:42 [1] 11.7 km (5:37 / km) +210m 5:09 / km
ahr:139 max:164
Easy run around up through Quail Ridge to the northern end. A narrow road that looked accessible on google maps turned out to be private, so turned around and ran down through the airport business park and across the tracks to the old raildway line. South along the undeveloped rail trail under the highway, then up the hill and home.
Dug out the heart-rate monitor for today, didn't actually notice it while running which was nice. Now I just need to figure out how to set up my heart rate zones and whatnot so it import into attackpoint properly.
Dug out the heart-rate monitor for today, didn't actually notice it while running which was nice. Now I just need to figure out how to set up my heart rate zones and whatnot so it import into attackpoint properly.